A BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF COOKING

By Talisha Kluijver

Analysis

Preparing roasted stuffed mozzarella chicken.

Reinforcement Contingency The response-contingent presentation of

a reinforce resulting in an increased frequency of that response.

* Reinforceable Response-Unit Test: Multitasking while preparing a meal can prevent interruptions of greater than 60 seconds.

BEFORE

No smell of food

BEHAVIOR

Prepare roasted stuffed mozzarella chicken

AFTER

Smell of food

Pairing Procedure

The pairing of a neutral stimulus with a reinforcer or aversive stimulus.

NEUTRAL STIMULUS

Timer of oven rings

REINFORCER

Roasted chicken is ready

Timer of oven doesn't ring

Roasted chicken is not ready

Warning Stimulus

A stimulus that precedes an aversive condition and thus becomes a learned aversive stimulus.

WARNING STIMULUS

Smoke coming from oven

AVERSIVE CONDITION

Chicken will burn in a couple of seconds

Punishment Contingency

Response-contingent presentation of an aversive condition (negative reinforcer) resulting in a decreased frequency of that response.

BEFORE

No cut in finger

BEHAVIOR

Chop vegetables recklessly

AFTER

Cut in finger

BEFORE

No burned hand

BEHAVIOR

Touch hot burner

AFTER

Burned hand

Rule-Governed Analog to Avoidance of the Loss of a Reinforcer Behavior under the control of a rule.

A description of a behavioral contingency.

BEFOREI will lose the opportunity to make my friends happy

BEHAVIORRoast stuffed mozzarella chickenAFTER

I will not lose the opportunity to make my friends happy

AFTERI will lose the oppportunity to make my

friends happy

Sᴰ

At 6PM

SΔ

After 6PM

Behavioral Chain

A sequence of stimuli and responses. Each response produces a stimulus that reinforces the preceding response and is an Sᴰ or operandum for the following response.